You want your child to have a cell phone in case of an emergency, but you're worried who they're talking to and messaging. You're also nervous about giving them a smartphone because you won't know what applications they're running.
The Parental Monitoring application helps a concerned parent to unobtrusively monitor the important data and activities on a child's smartphone. Copies of the following data are sent to a web site where it can be viewed by the parent:
1. The accounts associated with the phone.
2. The contacts stored on the phone, including their phone numbers, email addresses, postal addresses, and even their contact photos. In addition, the number of times the contact has been used and the last contact time is captured.
3. The contact groups.
4. The call log, including phone number, contact name, call type (e.g., incoming, outgoing, or missed), time of the call, and call duration.
5. The text messages (SMS and MMS) received and sent. For multimedia messages, any attached images are viewable as well.
6. The list of installed applications.
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Installation and Configuration
Important: This application doesn't create a launcher icon. To run the application after installation, the parent should press the "Open" button when viewing the application details in the Android Market phone application. The "Open" button replaces the "Buy" button once the application has been purchased.
The parent must have a Google (gmail) account to view the data. Open the Parental Monitoring application on the child's phone to associate the phone with the parent's Google account. The parent should enter their gmail address and password when request. Once verified, information uploaded from the application will be viewable only from that parent Google account. Note that the verification of the gmail address and password is done by Google servers. The Parental Monitoring application will not have access to the parent's gmail password or other account information (except for the email address itself). This is the only configuration step that must be performed using the monitored phone itself. After this configuration step, the phone will periodically upload data that is then viewable on the web site.
The Parent's Web Site
As the parent, to view the monitored information, you log on to the web site http://msi-parent.appspot.com/ using your Google email address and password. This is the same gmail address and password entered on the phone during the
initial configuration step. Note that just like that step, the gmail address and password is checked by Google servers. The msi-parents web site will not have access to your password or other account information.
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